Windows 98SE on HP Proliant Server

[intel233]

I need to install Windows 98 on a HP Proliant server. It is for a software program that only runs on 98. The way I have been trying is booting with a Windows 2000 Professional CD and formatting the partition in FAT32. Then I install WIndows 98SE. The install seems to go fine and then when I reboot it freezes. I tried a step by step and that isnt helping

 

[Trevatwork]

Hi

when is it freezing, can u get in in safe mode?

Can u install all the way with win98 disk instead of formatting with win 2000.

Also check

http://www.bootdisk.com

if you need win98 startup disk, also copy the win98 folder from win98 cd to your c: then run setup from c:\win98 folder.


Trevor

 

[intel233]

I can install 98 all the way though. Its after it reboots it freezes. I can not boot into safe mode. I try to have it create the bootlog.txt but it never creates the file.
I need Windows 2000 to make the partition and format it in FAT32. I have 2 36gig drives in RAID 1.

 

[HalComps]

souldnt it be set to RAID 0 for 2?

 

[intel233]

No I want them mirrored.

 

[HalComps]

ah ok, i was thinking of stripping sorry lol

 

[HalComps]

is this a new install? just thinking if youve tried fdisking and doing it that way?

 

[intel233]

It is a new install. I am using windows 2000 to do the partition. I boot from the windows 2000 CD and create the partition and format it in FAT32.

 

[G0AOZ]

What type of drives are you using? 36Gb sounds like SCSI... Have you got RAID and/or SCSI drivers installed? What about the boot sequence in the BIOS?

ROGER - G0AOZ.

 

[HalComps]

try not using the 2000 cd. create an FDISK

http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm

and use the 98 setup. im thinking that maybe its putting NT setting on, thats why its not booting..

 

[edfair]

There can be issues using fdisk from a different OS. How about trying it with the later version SE. Was released sometime in 1999.

 

[intel233]

They are SCSI drives in RAID 1.

 

[intel233]

The boot disk using FDISK does not work. It cant verify the drive. It just says verifying and it doesn't go past 0%.
The boot order which should not matter I believe is Boot From CD then Hard Disk.

 

[xwb]

Will windows 98 work on a dual processor machine?

Try this first - take out one disk and just install on one disk. See if that works. If that doesn't work, then you might have a problem with the dual processor stuff.

If it works, then slot in the second disk - but make sure the system doesn't assume you want striping and start reformatting both disks.